CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM AUSTIN FRIARS SCHOOL

Last December we received lots of cards written by students from Austin Friars School, a school in the north of Cumbria and south-west Scotland that also educates in accordance with the Augustinian principles. 

It was very exciting and interesting to read about what these children had to tell us. In these letters they talked about them, their hobbies, told us what they were thankful for and asked us some questions about us too. 

Exchanging letters and cards with people from overseas is always a good idea, not only because it's fun but it also provides us with an excellent opportunity to practice our English reading and comprehension skills, and to get to know different cultures.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

Faith makes all things possible, Hope makes all things work, Love makes all things beautiful, May you have all the three for this Christmas. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Today we've said a "see you soon" to each other because our Christmas holidays are just about to begin. But before that, we would love to share with you some of the activities we have been doing during the last two weeks of class.  

In first and second Grade we have taken the opportunity to do some Early Reading Comprehension activities which have helped us learn new vocabulary related to Christmas. 

In order to unfold the cheer of the season, all the students from each grade have prepared a Christmas card for their family or/and friends, wishing them a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here are some of them: 

Hand clapping song: "A sailor went to sea"

Clapping games are extremely helpful to develop children's hand-eye coordination and rhythm. It also will help with their listening skills, as well as helping children with listening in order to follow instructions. 

Hand clapping songs are a great and easy way to learn the song that accompanies the movements and also to learn about the culture of the different English Speaking countries. 

This week in Second Grade we have learnt a very popular nursery rhyme and clapping game called "A sailor went to sea". It is common to see children playing this game (which is originally from Birmingham) on playgrounds. 

Here you can see one of the classes having fun while practising the song! Of course we used our hydroalcoholic gel before and after the clapping song 😊

WHAT DO WE DO IN OUR ENGLISH CLASSES? *VIDEO*

It's been nearly a month since we came back to school after our summer holidays. We can say we 've been as busy as a bee! (Which is an idiom that means  "moving about quickly doing many things" - Cambridge Dictionary). 

I have no doubt you would love to see with your own eyes what we do in English classes at Los Olivos School. 

Well, today we are delighted to share with you this video which we hope will give you an idea of what we do in Infant and Primary at Colegio Los Olivos. 

Teacher Estefania has had the pleasure of preparing it and we hope you really enjoy it!! 

In this video we can see a sample of some English classes in both Infant and Primary. It shows how we learn through linguistic immersion, active participation, debates, working on skills in a fun way.

Thanksgiving Project with St. Augustine School (Prague)

The school year 2020-2021 is over but we didn't want to miss the opportunity of sharing with you the project about Thanksgiving that we carried out with students from St. Augustine in Prague. Each student shared different recipes from important celebrations and made a wheel of gratitude in which they gathered some of the things they were thankful for. 

In the pictures underneath, you can see some of the students from the school in Prague finishing their wheels of gratitude and recipes as part of the project. They also made a Thanksgiving meal and enjoyed giving out a gift to the others. 

It is a pleasure to say that, despite all the difficulties we've had to face this year, closures because of the Covid situation and all the factors regarding the health situation, we have kept working with other schools internationally.